I've been toying around with this idea - "what if the things that I'm trying to fix, that seem wrong, aren't actually wrong, and don't actually need fixing?"

You may know that my daughter, Ruby, has an autoimmune disease called PANDAS. It's a hard disease - for all of us. I feel bad for the struggles she faces daily. We have spent years trying SO. MANY. SOLUTIONS. So much money, so much time, so many practitioners, so many treatments, many creams/salves/drops/pills...

Lately I've been exploring the idea that maybe she doesn't need fixing. This is her path. It's not mine to try to control and fix. This is all happening for her highest good.

What if the big scary thing that seems broken isn't actually broken? What if the pandemic, and all of the resulting pain and struggle and confusion and fear, is here to make way for the highest good for all. What if Ruby's illness is here for the same. Well, that is what I choose to believe. I've seen enough evidence and heard enough stories to believe that suffering isn't in vain, and that we only have control over how we are going to act in the face of it. How I act is my choice. So I get up every morning and I try to make a choice I'm proud of. I connect with Spirit (whatever that means for you - your higher self, the universe, god...) and I listen for the messages. Hey some days it doesn't go so well. Some days I get shitty with people and I'm mean. Like yesterday. Some days I'm sad and resentful and feel self pity. But I keep trying. And it works more days than not.

So what can we do to see seemingly broken things a little differently? How can we change the lens with which we view challenges? Because it's here, and there's no sense in fighting it. As Ma Ingalls said:

This earthly life is a battle. If it isn't one thing to contend with, it's another. It always has been so, and it always will be. The sooner you make up your mind to that, the better off you are, and more thankful for your pleasures.

Yes, I just quoted Ma Ingalls ;-).

Wishing you a joyful perspective today, my friends, as we all navigate these challenges.